Beau Bridges is the first person to admit that he’s not nearly as musically inclined as his baby brother Jeff Bridges. But he’s willing to give it a try. Bridges is currently preparing to replace John Larroquette in the musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” which also stars Daniel Radcliffe. And while it’s been more years that Bridges can count since his sung, danced and acted all at the same time, he believes now, more than ever those skills are important.

“I believe the studio era is coming back, when actors could dance and sing, when there was more to acting than just acting,” said Bridges, who recently starred alongside George Clooney in Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants.” The film has made nearly $19 million to date and is based in Hawaii, where Bridges attended university and has kept a home since.

Although the actor compares singing and dancing to rubbing one’s head while patting one’s belly, he still has a little over a month before he appears onstage. Bridges admits he’s nervous.

“There’s no take two, there’s no do-overs. It’s all right then, right there and that’s it,” said Bridges.

Unlike Bridges, Octavia Spencer, who recently starred as Minnie Jackson in “The Help,” hopes the studio era remains right as it was, in the past. “I hope that it does not come back or smaller actors like me we will have fewer stories to tell. The studio era was dominated by big stars performing big acts, that leaves very little room for anyone or anything else,” said Spencer.

“The Help,” which has grossed $169 million domestically since it opened in August, tells the story of an author during the civil rights movement that looks to the help to write a story from the African-American maids point of view.

Both Bridges and Spencer are responding to “The Artist,” a silent film distributed by The Weinstein Company that largely picks up where “A Star is Born” leaves off. The year is 1927 in Hollywood, when talkies began replacing silent films. The lead actor, played by Jean Dujardin is struggling to adapt to sound in pictures and fears his time as an actor may be coming to an end. The film has grossed $14 million internationally and is generating awards buzz.